At present, the largest official armed force in Gutian County is undoubtedly the Tuntian Army of Chen Xiaodong's Inspection Division. In the Ming Dynasty, the central government set up Jinyi Guard, and the local inspection department was set up, which was mainly responsible for maintaining local security, arresting thieves, investigating spies and trafficking in illegal salt. The inspection grade is not high, only from the ninth grade, but the power is very large, and it can be hereditary, and if it is managed well, it is also the emperor of the land who dominates one side.

Guo Zhiyuan has not seen Chen Xiaodong this inspector so far, Chen Xiaodong did not come on the day he took office, saying that he took his Tuntian army out to practice, and later Wang Demin took the officials and servants of the county government to take the burden collectively, Chen Xiaodong and Wang Demin have always been close, so naturally they will not take the initiative to visit Guo Zhiyuan.

But Guo Zhiyuan had no way to take Chen Xiaodong, because although his county commander was the official of the inspection on the surface, the inspection department was not directly under his control, because the inspection was a military attache and was directly under the management of the military department. Of course, the county order is a civil official, the Ming Dynasty has always emphasized literature over military force, and the grade of the county order is also higher than the inspection, so the status is still higher than Guo Zhiyuan, but that's all, if Chen Xiaodong doesn't listen to Guo Zhiyuan's greeting, Guo Zhiyuan will not take him!

But Guo Zhiyuan wants to suppress bandits, so he has to think of Chen Xiaodong, the inspector, as the largest official armed force in Gutian County, Guo Zhiyuan can only borrow the Tuntian Army of the Inspection Division, and maintaining local law and order and arresting thieves is also the responsibility of the Inspection Department, and now Chen Xiaodong does not come to see him, so he has to take the initiative to see Chen Xiaodong.

The next day, Guo Zhiyuan took Xu Guangqi, Zhang Cheng, Fa Zheng, Chu Wan'er and others to the Inspection Department to find Chen Xiaodong, the reason why he brought so many people was also because Chen Xiaodong had never come to see him, and he must not be very kind to him, the county order, and it would be good to bring more people to strengthen his momentum, and his momentum could not be weak.

The inspection department is not in Gutian County, but in Shanyang Town, twenty miles away from the county seat, Guo Zhiyuan and his entourage came to the barracks of the Inspection Division in Shanyang Town, which has been three poles in the day, but the barracks of the Inspection Division is still closed, Guo Zhiyuan had to let Zhang Cheng go to call the door, and after calling for a while, a soldier poked his head out and scolded angrily: "Who called the door?" Don't you know that this is a military powerhouse? Why don't you leave quickly, waiting to eat the baton? ……”

Zhang Cheng was naturally not at ease with this kind of soldier, and immediately scolded loudly: "Blind your dog's eyes!" The county order came to inspect, so why don't you go and report to your house to inspect your house! ……”

The soldier is naturally not a knowledgeable figure, the county order is an unattainable big man in his eyes, he was startled, and hurriedly went to report to Chen Xiaodong, Chen Xiaodong has not gotten up yet, and he was surprised to hear the soldier report that the county commander was coming, although he was close to Wang Demin, but his courage was much smaller than Wang Demin, when Wang Demin came to him to discuss that he wanted to find a mob to surround the county government and attack Guo Zhiyuan, who had just taken office, he also raised objections. Although he didn't have much interest in Guo Zhiyuan, the new county magistrate, he didn't dare to do it blatantly, so when he heard that Guo Zhiyuan was coming in person, he didn't dare to slack off, he didn't even bother to get up and wash, so he hurriedly put on his military uniform and asked the soldier to lead the way to meet Guo Zhiyuan and his party.

Ordered his sergeant to open the gate, Chen Xiaodong walked quickly towards Guo Zhiyuan, and saluted in a panic: "I don't know if the county order has arrived, and the subordinate has missed the welcome, please ......forgive me."

Guo Zhiyuan looked at Chen Xiaodong's disheveled appearance, there was still eye feces on the side of his eyes, and the few sergeants behind him were also described as sluggish and lifeless, and their brows were furrowed, such inspections, such sergeants, it is strange to expect them to suppress bandits, and not to lose their armor!

However, Guo Zhiyuan is not easy to attack, after all, Chen Xiaodong is not under his direct control, since he is here, it is not easy to turn around and leave, so he has to suppress his anger, nodded at Chen Xiaodong and said, "Chen Patrol is just getting up?" Presumably military affairs are very hard! ……”

Chen Xiaodong naturally heard that Guo Zhiyuan was sarcastic about him, his old face turned red, and he said hesitantly: "The lower official inspected the barracks last night and got up late......

Guo Zhiyuan didn't embarrass Chen Xiaodong anymore, followed Chen Xiaodong into the barracks, and said straight to the point: "Inspector Chen, this official is here to discuss with you about the suppression of bandits......

"Huh?!" Chen Xiaodong was taken aback, and waved his hand again and again: "Absolutely not!" This bandit is rampant, coming and going like the wind, and there are many people, if you anger them, you will be in trouble! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan could no longer suppress the anger in his heart when he heard this, and pointed at Chen Xiaodong and reprimanded angrily: "Protecting the territory and the people, and arresting thieves is the unshirkable duty of the Inspection Department. ……”

Chen Xiaodong also knew that what Guo Zhiyuan said was right, so he didn't dare to refute, but said with a sad face: "It's not that the lower officials are incompetent, it's really the bandits are powerful, with only a few troops of my inspection department, at most they can barely protect themselves, if you want to exterminate the bandits, unless you ask the prefect yamen for help, and ask the prefect yamen to send reinforcements to clear it, otherwise it will be invincible......"

Guo Zhiyuan is not easy to persecute too much, he also knows that it is impossible to exterminate the bandits with the strength of Chen Xiaodong's inspection department alone, and it is estimated that it will not work to ask the prefect yamen for help, not to mention that it is impossible to send reinforcements to him with Huang Yihua's attitude towards him, even if he sends an estimate, it is difficult to exterminate the bandits, after all, the bandits in Gutian County are rampant for not a day or two, and if it is so easy to exterminate, it will be eliminated a long time ago, so he can only rely on himself, and the strength he can rely on is really limited, and the inspection department as the largest official armed force in Gutian County still has to be used. He said in a slow tone: "The official will try to ask for help from the prefect's yamen, but since we have been appointed by the imperial court to govern the place, it is our bounden duty to protect the territory and the people, and it is impossible to pin everything on the superiors. ……”

Chen Xiaodong hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "My patrol inspection department has five hundred soldiers, but these five hundred soldiers are all tuntian military households, the imperial court only allocates a small amount of food and salary, and often arrears, the sergeants have to work in tuntian, but also have to perform the daily duties of the inspection department, and it is inevitable that there will be some slackness in training on weekdays. There really isn't a single soldier available! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, the inspection department had five hundred soldiers, but Chen Xiaodong told him that there was no soldier available, although Chen Xiaodong's excuse was not unreasonable, the poor combat effectiveness of the Tuntian army in the Ming Dynasty was known to later generations, even Li Zicheng's peasant rebel army could beat them to lose their armor, and it was definitely impossible to count on how brave they were, but Guo Zhiyuan could not let Chen Xiaodong prevaricate like this, and said expressionlessly: "If the training is relaxed, then strengthen the training, please Chen Patrol and take some soldiers, and this officer will review your troops!" ……”

(PS: Yesterday, a reader said that I wrote Chen Huaili too exaggeratedly, saying that where does the big belly come from when I drink porridge every day?) You can try, drink porridge every day but sit still, see if the belly will be big, the stinginess of the rich may be difficult to understand if you use the perspective of ordinary people, I have really met this kind of person, net worth of more than 100 million, but only please drink porridge, and use wood carved into salted fish to look at the porridge that is also recorded in history. ）